Kenenisa Bekele

Kenenisa Bekele (born June 13, 1982) is an Ethiopian who is widely considered one the greatest male distance runners of all time. He is a three-time Olympic champion (5,000 meters in 2008, 10,000 meters in 2004 and 2008) as well as a five-time outdoor world champion (5,000 meters, 2009, 10,000 meters in 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2009). He is the world record holder at 5,000 meters (12:37.35) and 10,000 meters (26:17.53), and has won 11 world cross-country championships.

Bekele made his marathon debut at the 2014 Paris Marathon, which he won in 2:05:03. His next few attempts at the distance were relatively disappointing, but he showed he had fully mastered the distance at the 2016 Berlin Marathon, which he won in 2:03:03. That time makes him the second-fastest person in history.